The Syria Thread: Everything you wanted to know or say about it
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Saudis are paying for al Qaeda. So the Saudis are pissed that Syria gassed al Qaeda? Screw the Wahhabis and the horse they rode in on.
I googled the concept and it appears to be a Crusader myth, based on strange helmets, Petros...
But one can still 'make a donkey out of oneself,' so to speak...
Arabian horses are quite nice horses but not 72 virgin nice.
"But Ali, you're supposed to ride horse the to the village not...".
"But Ali, you're supposed to ride horse the to the village not...".
Relative peace? Is that like relative *****?
:shock:...........RIP RAW RUTS
..............KICKEM IN THE NUTS!!!
YAY...........Locutus !!!:wav:
Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) told CNN he lost “thousands of dollars” while playing poker on his iPhone after getting “bored” at a senate hearing on military action in Syria.
Well, as much as I like to always listen in with rapt attention constantly [to] remarks of my colleagues for three and a half hour periods, occasionally I get a little bored,” McCain said while trying to hold back laughter. “But the worst thing about it is that I lost thousands of dollars in this game.”
“It was a poker game.”
McCain admitted later that he didn’t actually lose any real money but was still disappointed in losing at poker.
After Washington Post photographer Melina Mara published a photo of McCain playing the poker game during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting, he responded on Twitter: “Scandal!” he wrote. “Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!”
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Well, as much as I like to always listen in with rapt attention constantly [to] remarks of my colleagues for three and a half hour periods, occasionally I get a little bored,” McCain said while trying to hold back laughter. “But the worst thing about it is that I lost thousands of dollars in this game.”
“It was a poker game.”
McCain admitted later that he didn’t actually lose any real money but was still disappointed in losing at poker.
After Washington Post photographer Melina Mara published a photo of McCain playing the poker game during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting, he responded on Twitter: “Scandal!” he wrote. “Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing – worst of all I lost!”
Is The United States Going To Go To War With Syria Over A Natural Gas Pipeline?
Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
USS NImitz (AFP Photo / Navy Media Content Services / HO / Raul Moreno)
"If a warhead, by design or by chance, were to hit the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) near Damascus, the consequences could be catastrophic," Aleksandr Lukashevich said in a Wednesday statement.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to complete a risk evaluation as the US continues to seek support for military action. It asked the agency to “react swiftly” and carry out “an analysis of the risks linked to possible American strikes on the MNSR and other facilities in Syria.”
Lukashevich stated that the region could be at risk of “contamination by highly enriched uranium and it would no longer be possible to account for nuclear material, its safety and control.” He added that such material could fall into the wrong hands.
The IAEA said that it is aware of the statement, but it is waiting for a formal request asking the agency to complete a risk evaluation. “We will consider the questions raised if we receive such a request," Reuters quoted an IAEA spokesperson as saying.
The agency said in a report to member states last week that Syria had declared there was a “small amount of nuclear material” at the MNSR, a type of research reactor usually fuelled by highly enriched uranium.
Although this type of a reactor would not contain a lot of nuclear material, it would be enough to cause "a serious local radiation hazard" if the reactor was hit, nuclear expert Mark Hibbs from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told Reuters.
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Obama's plan to strike Syria in retaliation against the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Should Congress move to approve the president’s request, the US could soon initiate a limited strike on Syria.
On the other hand, Moscow needs convincing proof – not rumors - from UN experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with AP and Channel 1 on Tuesday.
“We believe that at the very least we should wait for the results of the UN inspection commission in Syria,” Putin said. He added that so far there is no information regarding exactly which chemical agent was used in the attack in the Damascus suburb, or who was behind it.
Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
USS NImitz (AFP Photo / Navy Media Content Services / HO / Raul Moreno)
"If a warhead, by design or by chance, were to hit the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) near Damascus, the consequences could be catastrophic," Aleksandr Lukashevich said in a Wednesday statement.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to complete a risk evaluation as the US continues to seek support for military action. It asked the agency to “react swiftly” and carry out “an analysis of the risks linked to possible American strikes on the MNSR and other facilities in Syria.”
Lukashevich stated that the region could be at risk of “contamination by highly enriched uranium and it would no longer be possible to account for nuclear material, its safety and control.” He added that such material could fall into the wrong hands.
The IAEA said that it is aware of the statement, but it is waiting for a formal request asking the agency to complete a risk evaluation. “We will consider the questions raised if we receive such a request," Reuters quoted an IAEA spokesperson as saying.
The agency said in a report to member states last week that Syria had declared there was a “small amount of nuclear material” at the MNSR, a type of research reactor usually fuelled by highly enriched uranium.
Although this type of a reactor would not contain a lot of nuclear material, it would be enough to cause "a serious local radiation hazard" if the reactor was hit, nuclear expert Mark Hibbs from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told Reuters.
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Obama's plan to strike Syria in retaliation against the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Should Congress move to approve the president’s request, the US could soon initiate a limited strike on Syria.
On the other hand, Moscow needs convincing proof – not rumors - from UN experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with AP and Channel 1 on Tuesday.
“We believe that at the very least we should wait for the results of the UN inspection commission in Syria,” Putin said. He added that so far there is no information regarding exactly which chemical agent was used in the attack in the Damascus suburb, or who was behind it.
Re: Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
Good, I'm tired of paying taxes..
Sorry for the hoorible formatting job, posted from my iPhone in Edmonton !!
Good, I'm tired of paying taxes..
Sorry for the hoorible formatting job, posted from my iPhone in Edmonton !!
Russia releases key findings on chemical attack near Aleppo indicating similarity with rebel-made weapons
Russia releases key findings on chemical attack near Aleppo indicating similarity with rebel-made weapons ? RT News
Russia releases key findings on chemical attack near Aleppo indicating similarity with rebel-made weapons ? RT News
95% Of Americans Will Be Dead in the Next 5-15 Years - YouTubeMeanwhile, on Coast to Coast AM....
Consequences of Nuclear War - WWIII - YouTube
Consequences of Nuclear War - WWIII - YouTube
America's Afghan allies don't need social welfare institutions. They need a miracle.
I remember the Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 that ended the American boots on the ground role in South Vietnam. I also remember the fall of Saigon in April 1975 to the NVA, and American helicopters flying from the roof of the US Embassy evacuating people who had cooperated with the Americans.
A similar scenario is likely to be the way things play out in Afghanistan. America doesn't win wars any more. Instead it changes the subject. Karl Marx quoted Hegel as having said that history repeats itself...first as tragedy and then as farce.
That may be a best case scenario. But it will take an ongoing infusion of cash to the Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hasara for them to resist the Pashtuns. The US is broke.
Re: Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
Do Obama and his supporters really believe it is possible to attack Syria without triggering Russian and Iranian retaliation? Then what will Obama do? Escalate?
Do Obama and his supporters really believe it is possible to attack Syria without triggering Russian and Iranian retaliation? Then what will Obama do? Escalate?
so cut your losses and get out. The Chinese mining consortia are propping up Karzai. Let them provide security. The 'Ghan is copper rich. BT>
Vietnam is now the US's best Ally in the south China sea. The Spratleys are the real battleground.
Re: Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
There is only one way for a strike to have any use or make any sense, which would be to take out, in one fell swoop, all chemical weapons manufacturiang capability, which, as anyone involved with drug enforcement in the west knows, is essentially impossible.
Next would be a world embargo to starve them into submission, but with Russia as a backer, they'll never die. You can't even form coalition trade embargoes to encompass Russia, because it's one of two nations self-sufficient in all resources (that's how they held out against the west for so long when Soviet, and the other is Canada by the way).
Honestly, if it was me, I'd just organize a simple program of assasination, starting with an open contract of one billion dollars to anyone able to take out the Assad dynasty. Because I like Turkey I'd offer a bonus if they were the ones to do it.
Still... I can't help feeling like there's something I'm not getting.
What's going on with the Assads, them being Shi'ite, and Iran?
I just had the most twisted thought of my life. I'm going to have to do serious confession about this one. What if the US were to arm the rebels with chemical weapons, while making a deal with Russia for it to never get outside Syria?
There is only one way for a strike to have any use or make any sense, which would be to take out, in one fell swoop, all chemical weapons manufacturiang capability, which, as anyone involved with drug enforcement in the west knows, is essentially impossible.
Next would be a world embargo to starve them into submission, but with Russia as a backer, they'll never die. You can't even form coalition trade embargoes to encompass Russia, because it's one of two nations self-sufficient in all resources (that's how they held out against the west for so long when Soviet, and the other is Canada by the way).
Honestly, if it was me, I'd just organize a simple program of assasination, starting with an open contract of one billion dollars to anyone able to take out the Assad dynasty. Because I like Turkey I'd offer a bonus if they were the ones to do it.
Still... I can't help feeling like there's something I'm not getting.
What's going on with the Assads, them being Shi'ite, and Iran?
I just had the most twisted thought of my life. I'm going to have to do serious confession about this one. What if the US were to arm the rebels with chemical weapons, while making a deal with Russia for it to never get outside Syria?
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Re: Russia warns of nuclear disaster if Syria is hit
There is no real value except to appease the vanity and pride of America.
Russia will do nothing, for economic reasons they will posture and complain
nothing more.
Iran different story. I believe the real target is Iran hoping they will do something
stupid that allows both the west and Israel to take some action in that country.
Obama appears to have adopted the George Bush talking points.
he is becoming what he condemned.
There is no real value except to appease the vanity and pride of America.
Russia will do nothing, for economic reasons they will posture and complain
nothing more.
Iran different story. I believe the real target is Iran hoping they will do something
stupid that allows both the west and Israel to take some action in that country.
Obama appears to have adopted the George Bush talking points.
he is becoming what he condemned.